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Medical Xpress / Sweet discovery rewrites understanding of how our bodies store sugar

WEHI researchers have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism our bodies use to regulate sugar, in findings that rewrite the fundamental rules of biology and open a new frontier in science. Published in Nature, the study ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Why delaying climate action now means higher seas by 2100

Imagine your favorite sunny beach. Anywhere will do. You look out and see the ocean stretching to the horizon. To a glaciologist, that view is not just water; it's melted ice. Our new study shows that the best case sea-level ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Nuclear war at Ukraine-Russia border could trigger years of global climate disruption and radioactive fallout

Geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe underscore the urgency of addressing the climate and radiological consequences of a regional nuclear conflict. Even a small-scale nuclear conflict at the Ukraine–Russia border could ...

Apr 23, 2026
Phys.org / Inside the skull of a Devonian fish from Gondwana, revealed by neutron imaging

Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the water to live on land more than 380 million years ago. Using high-tech neutron imaging, they scanned ...

Apr 23, 2026
Phys.org / A mother's gift: Plastid-derived structures help sea urchin development and dispersal

During the development of marine organisms—from fertilization through to juvenile stages—it is often observed that the eggs released into the water column are initially supplied with only a small fraction of the energy they ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Machine learning identifies catalyst 'sweet spot' for greener urea from waste gases

Urea is an extremely important chemical, especially for fertilizers. But, making urea is energy intensive and relies heavily on fossil fuels. However, new findings from Griffith University and the Queensland University of ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Light near surface of ultra-thin optical fibers can sort twisted nanoparticles

Many important objects in the world can be divided into two categories based on their chirality or handedness, including molecules important for life such as amino acids. Such chiral objects (formally defined as objects which ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Cold fronts in nearby galaxy group may redistribute metals, Chandra and GMRT data reveal

Astronomers from South Africa and India have analyzed archival data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) regarding a nearby small galaxy group known as IC 1262. Results of the new ...

Apr 22, 2026
Science X / Plato aces space-like tests, keeping hunt for Earth-like worlds on track

The European Space Agency Plato mission has successfully completed a series of tough tests under space-like conditions. With this accomplishment, the spacecraft is on track to lift off in early 2027 and begin its search for ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / Bipartisan-cited science is rarely used by policymakers, study finds

Past research has shown that even though science is commonly viewed as essential for effective policymaking, Democrats and Republicans cite different scientific research when creating policy—even when addressing the same ...

Apr 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Blood and spinal fluid proteins reveal distinct fingerprints of four brain diseases

Researchers at WashU Medicine have uncovered new molecular insights into Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other forms of dementia by analyzing thousands of proteins in both cerebrospinal fluid and blood plasma. ...

Apr 24, 2026
Phys.org / New bioreactor turns stem cells into an immune-cell factory, producing 40 million human macrophages per week

Researchers at Hannover Medical School (MHH) have developed a method for the efficient production of human immune cells, such as macrophages, in medium-sized bioreactors. These immune cells can be derived from induced pluripotent ...

Apr 23, 2026